INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
United States President Joe Biden said in an interview aired on Sunday that ''the pandemic is over,& even though the country continues to
grapple with coronavirus infections that kill hundreds of Americans daily, Reuters reported.ASIA-PACIFICThe southwestern Chinese city of
Chengdu will resume production and life &in an orderly manner& from Monday following more than two weeks of COVID-19 lockdowns and other
strict curbs, local authorities said on Sunday.AMERICASBrazilian national health regulator Anvisa has approved the COVID-19 vaccine produced
by Pfizer and BioNTech for children aged between six months and four years.EUROPEThe annual Oktoberfest, one of the world&s largest
festivals, kicked off in Munich on Saturday for the first time since 2019, marking the end of a two-year hiatus as a result of the
pandemic.ECONOMIC IMPACTThe world may be edging toward a global recession as central banks across the world simultaneously hike interest
rates to combat persistent inflation, the World Bank said on Thursday.United States retail sales unexpectedly rebounded in August as
Americans ramped up purchases of motor vehicles and dined out more amid lower gasoline prices, but demand is cooling as the Federal Reserve
aggressively raises interest rates to fight inflation, Reuters reported.VACCINES, TREATMENTSThe COVAX facility, backed by the World Health
Organization (WHO) and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), has delivered 1.72 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to 146
countries, GAVI data shows.Two COVID-19 antibody therapies are no longer recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), on the basis
that Omicron and the variant&s latest offshoots have likely rendered them obsolete.Gilead Sciences (GILD.O) says WHO expands recommendation
for Veklury (Remdesivir) to patients with severe disease in latest update to COVID-19 guidelines.The post Latest on the worldwide spread of
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